A duly registered and licensed snowmobile may be operated in the right - hand or left - hand ditch on state designated snowmobile trails, and in the right - hand ditch outside the roadway of other than interstate highways, but not upon or across any highway except as provided by § 32-20A-7 . A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1971, ch 182 , § 5; SL 1986, ch 260 ; SL 1989, ch 255 , § 118; SL 1996, ch 204 , § 2.